#113000 Ben's Mix Porcelain / Stoneware Clay for Wood Fired Kilns

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#113000 Ben's Mix White Stoneware: Porcelain / Stoneware a new Helmer kaolin based clay body which is showing exceptional results in wood firing at cone 10+. Fluxes ash nicely so it looks fantastic unglazed or with Shino in reduction.

Shown Right : Tea Pot by Jon Townley: Ben's Mix Clay :"That teapot's color came solely from the wood ash and reduction in Tony's Moore's kiln - ... nothing was applied to the exterior - no glaze, no flashing slip, no soda, no nothing. The inside was lined with Charlie White, so there wasn't even any bleed through of soda from a shino liner glaze. .... pretty amazing when it came out of the kiln - a gift from the fire gods!"

Lidded bowl above and below : Ben's Mix "with just a little bit of Charlie White on the very lip of the rim (and as a
liner glaze) Otherwise it was naked on the outside" See more fantastoic work at http://jontownley.com/Fired in the kiln of Tony Moore. Read about Tony and his Hybrid Anagama-Norborigama Wood-Fire Kiln here.Photo by Joseph Giunta

It has a little stoneware clay but much more of the air-floated kaolin so this body throws like a porcelain not like a stoneware.It's not quite as short as a pure grolleg porcelain but still very little tooth.Expect porcelain-like shrinkage.

It has great flashing results in wood because of the high percentage of Helmer.This clay is not recommended for beginners.